Welcome to our award-winning museum, home of the region's taonga and other treasures.
There's something for everyone at MTG Hawke's Bay, home of the region's treasures. Explore the artefacts in the Maori gallery and discover the remarkable story of the region's recovery following the devastating earthquake of 1931. The museum also showcases changing exhibitions of art, culture and social history. MTG's Century Theatre features a varied programme of events, film, live theatre and music. You'll also find fun, interactive activities for children, a weekend Drop-In Zone, workshops for young and old alike, and school holiday programmes are offered throughout the year. Our exhibitions are drawn primarily from the Hawke's Bay Museum's Trust collection. Permanent exhibits on the 1931 earthquake and the region’s stunning Taonga Māori artifacts are supported by changing exhibitions in other gallery spaces. The museum's Main Foyer also boasts an ever-changing canvas for murals, sculptures and more.
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A visit to Marineland was always something special, a treat, an adventure - the first on the agenda when visiting family or holidaying in Hawke's Bay. This exhibition tells the story from beginning to end, from the fun times through to the controversy and the eventual closure.
Marineland opened...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Friday 17 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Operation Grapple – We Were There is a powerful photography exhibition by Denise Baynham which tells the story of Operation Grapple through the portraits of 19 NZ nuclear test veterans and their stories.
Operation Grapple was a nuclear testing program in the Pacific in 1957-58, which RNZ Navy...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Sunday 26 February
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Ki Uta, Ki Tai
Atareta Rerekohu Black
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ngāti Ruapani, Ngai Tūhoe,
Tā Imi Moriori
Atareta Rerekohu Black came to Te Matau a Maui to complete research for Ki Uta, Ki Tai. While she was here, she visited the Hawke’s Bay Museum Trust’s collection, getting up...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Sunday 23 April
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Silver, valued for its rarity and attractive lustre, has for centuries been mined and formed into an extensive range of domestic, personal, religious, and ceremonial objects.
Silver is one of the most versatile and singular precious metals: it is malleable and ductile and has a relatively low...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Thursday 26 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Waka kōrero Māori: waka carrying the taonga, te reo
The Waka Kōrero Māori exhibition encourages learning the Māori alphabet by pronouncing the names of the kaharehe animal treasures on display.
Bring your whanau to MTG – it’s free!
Kō Waka Kōrero Māori hei whakaaturanga kia...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Saturday 24 December
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down. The shock wave swept across it, creating a monster crossing the skyline.” - NG Bailey
At 10:47am on 3 February 1931, a devastating earthquake struck Hawke’s Bay. In that moment it seemed the end of the world had...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Tuesday 31 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This exhibition shows a history of people and places of Ngāti Kahungunu, telling stories of their time and the events that shaped Te Matau-a-Māui into the region of Hawke’s Bay, events that also helped to shape Aotearoa into New Zealand.
Kahungunu was a peaceful man, a producer, provider,...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Wednesday 1 February
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This inspirational feature-length documentary tells the incredible true story of the Dalai Lama’s escape from Chinese-occupied Tibet in 1959, with His Holiness Dalai Lama telling his story in his own words for the first time on film.
Never Forget Tibet celebrates Tibetan culture and its...
Date: Wednesday 7 December
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Over several recent years, photographer and artist Bruce Connew has roamed the many memorials and gravestones of Aotearoa’s colonial wars to seek out the texts on these testaments to folly. A vocabulary of colonisation.
These remnants are scattered across mostly Te Ika-a-Māui North Island,...
Date: Saturday 10 December to Sunday 19 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Celebrate Christmas with two feel-good movies, great for the whole family!
First up is 'Gremlins'
A father brings home an unusual pet, a Mogwai, as gift for his son. The rules for looking after this pet are simple: Keep your Mogwai away from water, bright lights and, most importantly, never...
Date: Saturday 10 December
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Join us for the Christmas Movie Club - snuggle up and enjoy the second movie of the day which is Doctor Zhivago.
In the midst of World War I, Doctor Yuri Zhivago finds himself in an affair with Lara Guishar, the wife of a Bolshevik revolutionist. While the war alters their country and puts the...
Date: Sunday 11 December
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A visit to Marineland was always something special, a treat, an adventure - the first on the agenda when visiting family or holidaying in Hawke's Bay. This exhibition tells the story from beginning to end, from the fun times through to the controversy and the eventual closure.
Marineland opened...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Friday 17 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Operation Grapple – We Were There is a powerful photography exhibition by Denise Baynham which tells the story of Operation Grapple through the portraits of 19 NZ nuclear test veterans and their stories.
Operation Grapple was a nuclear testing program in the Pacific in 1957-58, which RNZ Navy...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Sunday 26 February
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Over several recent years, photographer and artist Bruce Connew has roamed the many memorials and gravestones of Aotearoa’s colonial wars to seek out the texts on these testaments to folly. A vocabulary of colonisation.
These remnants are scattered across mostly Te Ika-a-Māui North Island,...
Date: Saturday 10 December to Sunday 19 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Ki Uta, Ki Tai
Atareta Rerekohu Black
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ngāti Ruapani, Ngai Tūhoe,
Tā Imi Moriori
Atareta Rerekohu Black came to Te Matau a Maui to complete research for Ki Uta, Ki Tai. While she was here, she visited the Hawke’s Bay Museum Trust’s collection, getting up...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Sunday 23 April
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Silver, valued for its rarity and attractive lustre, has for centuries been mined and formed into an extensive range of domestic, personal, religious, and ceremonial objects.
Silver is one of the most versatile and singular precious metals: it is malleable and ductile and has a relatively low...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Thursday 26 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
“The outline of the hill turned into a giant serpent as it heaved up and down. The shock wave swept across it, creating a monster crossing the skyline.” - NG Bailey
At 10:47am on 3 February 1931, a devastating earthquake struck Hawke’s Bay. In that moment it seemed the end of the world had...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Tuesday 31 January
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This exhibition shows a history of people and places of Ngāti Kahungunu, telling stories of their time and the events that shaped Te Matau-a-Māui into the region of Hawke’s Bay, events that also helped to shape Aotearoa into New Zealand.
Kahungunu was a peaceful man, a producer, provider,...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Wednesday 1 February
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Ben Water and Friends - with Cousin Leonard and Michael Stoddart.
Jools Holland described Ben as being one of the best pianists of all time. Ben is proud to count many of the legends of boogie-woogie and rock 'n Roll his colleagues and friends, having played alongside Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck...
Date: Saturday 28 January
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A visit to Marineland was always something special, a treat, an adventure - the first on the agenda when visiting family or holidaying in Hawke's Bay. This exhibition tells the story from beginning to end, from the fun times through to the controversy and the eventual closure.
Marineland opened...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Friday 17 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Operation Grapple – We Were There is a powerful photography exhibition by Denise Baynham which tells the story of Operation Grapple through the portraits of 19 NZ nuclear test veterans and their stories.
Operation Grapple was a nuclear testing program in the Pacific in 1957-58, which RNZ Navy...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Sunday 26 February
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Over several recent years, photographer and artist Bruce Connew has roamed the many memorials and gravestones of Aotearoa’s colonial wars to seek out the texts on these testaments to folly. A vocabulary of colonisation.
These remnants are scattered across mostly Te Ika-a-Māui North Island,...
Date: Saturday 10 December to Sunday 19 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Ki Uta, Ki Tai
Atareta Rerekohu Black
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ngāti Ruapani, Ngai Tūhoe,
Tā Imi Moriori
Atareta Rerekohu Black came to Te Matau a Maui to complete research for Ki Uta, Ki Tai. While she was here, she visited the Hawke’s Bay Museum Trust’s collection, getting up...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Sunday 23 April
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
This exhibition shows a history of people and places of Ngāti Kahungunu, telling stories of their time and the events that shaped Te Matau-a-Māui into the region of Hawke’s Bay, events that also helped to shape Aotearoa into New Zealand.
Kahungunu was a peaceful man, a producer, provider,...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Wednesday 1 February
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
A visit to Marineland was always something special, a treat, an adventure - the first on the agenda when visiting family or holidaying in Hawke's Bay. This exhibition tells the story from beginning to end, from the fun times through to the controversy and the eventual closure.
Marineland opened...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Friday 17 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Over several recent years, photographer and artist Bruce Connew has roamed the many memorials and gravestones of Aotearoa’s colonial wars to seek out the texts on these testaments to folly. A vocabulary of colonisation.
These remnants are scattered across mostly Te Ika-a-Māui North Island,...
Date: Saturday 10 December to Sunday 19 March
Where: MTG Hawke's Bay, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Ki Uta, Ki Tai
Atareta Rerekohu Black
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ngāti Ruapani, Ngai Tūhoe,
Tā Imi Moriori
Atareta Rerekohu Black came to Te Matau a Maui to complete research for Ki Uta, Ki Tai. While she was here, she visited the Hawke’s Bay Museum Trust’s collection, getting up...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Sunday 23 April
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
Ki Uta, Ki Tai
Atareta Rerekohu Black
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ngāti Ruapani, Ngai Tūhoe,
Tā Imi Moriori
Atareta Rerekohu Black came to Te Matau a Maui to complete research for Ki Uta, Ki Tai. While she was here, she visited the Hawke’s Bay Museum Trust’s collection, getting up...
Date: Wednesday 7 December to Sunday 23 April
Where: MTG Century Theatre, Napier, Hawke's Bay / Gisborne
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